Satisfied he was immobilised for the moment, Melusine fell to her knees
beside Jack, dragging at his suddenly heavy body to turn it on its back. At the
same time he comprehended that she was as pure and lovely as the white orchid
of Borneo and that she did not carry that ridiculous shield called false modesty. She found she was trembling at his nearness and full of a thrilling dread that
he might touch her. She found herself
anxious to read more of him, and the next Wednesday she went to the British
Museum and hunted first among the half-crown magazines for his essays and
then through various scientific quarterlies for his research papers. Gregory B. I arranged that he should. But
Jonathan, fixing a terrible look upon him, cried. “It was your own fault,” she exclaimed. ’
Gerald moved to the long sofa, dusted it with elaborate care with one of its
cushions, and with a gesture invited her to sit down. ‘Never mind that now. "
"Very interesting," said the Chinaman, with a wave of his tapering hand toward
the roofs. It was the sing-song girl idea, magnified many diameters. Quite!”
He sat in the arm-chair and took tea, and consumed several of the extra cakes
which she had sent out for and talked to her and expressed himself, looking very
earnestly at her with his deep-set eyes, and carefully avoiding any crumbs on his
mustache the while. Advancing to the middle of the chamber, he halted, drew himself up, and fixed
his dark, expressive eyes, on Thames Darrell. Wood's daughter,—to
whom, I've heard tell, he was attached years ago,—was brought up, his courage
forsook him altogether, and he trembled, and could scarcely stand.
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